Kitadani (north of Dinosaur Quarry) (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Katsuyama

Where: Fukui, Japan (36.1° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 137.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: T. Tsubamoto, G. W. Rougier, S. Isaji, M. Manabe, and A. M. Forasiepi. 2004. New Early Cretaceous spalacotheriid "symmetrodont" mammal from Japan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):329-346 [T. Tsubamoto/T. Tsubamoto]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74904: authorized by Takehisa Tsubamoto, entered by Takehisa Tsubamoto on 04.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Symmetrolestes parvus n. gen. n. sp.
Symmetrolestes parvus n. gen. n. sp. Tsubamoto and Rougier 2004 mammal